Can-cart.



P. E. BOYUM.

CAN CART.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.Z2, 1910.

1,029,045. Patented June 11, 1912.

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, be tilted when required for discharging their PETER E. BOYU M, WHALAN, MINNESOTA.

CAN-CART.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t ted June 11, 1912.

Application filed. March 22, 1910. Serial No. 550,834.

To all whom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, PETER E. BoYUM, a citizen of the United States, residing, at WVhalan, in the countyIof Fillmore, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to'improvements in can carts, of the class wherein provision is made for supporting one or more cans in vertical position and to permit the same to contents, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efficiency and actor.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of the supporting frame and to limit the movement in one direction.

Another object of the invention is to proconstruction and wherein means are provided for supporting the cans at different inclinations to correspond with the ground over which they are moved. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein thecans may be picked up from the ground or deposited upon the ground by manipulating the supporting frame of the device.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain. novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invenside elevation of one of t-ion, Figure l is a side elevation of the improved device with one of the carrier wheels detached and with the cans in elevated position, Fig. 2 is a plan view device with one of the cans in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the improved device with the cans arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, Fig. 4 is a side elevation illustrating the manner of depositing the cans upon the ground and lifting them therefrom, Fig. 5 is an enlarged the stub axles with its bracket, detached, Fig. 6 is a fplan View, and Fig. 7- is an end. elevation o the same.

The improved device comprises a main utility of devices of this char-- of the improved frame ing' a. lower horizontal member 10 and vertical side'members 11-12. At its upper end the member 11 is provided with a transverse bearing 13 while the member 12 is provided substantially in U-shape and compris- N p with'a similar bearing 14. Rising from the lower member 10 of the frame is a standard 15, the standard having oppositely eXtendingfeet 16bearing upon the member 10 and secured thereto by rivets or other suitable fastening means 17. T he standard 15 is provided at, its upper end with a bearing 18 similar to the bearings 13-14L and arranged in alinement therewith transversely of the device. The bearings. 13-1 L-18 are designedito support the cans, as hereinafter explained.

Secured to the vertical portions 1112 of the frame'is a U-shaped handle device comprising side members 19-2O and a trans- I verse member 21, the latter forming the hand grip portion of the improved device. At their forwardends the side members 1920'are downturned and secured by rivets or other suitable fastening devices to the vertical members 1112. Each of the members 19'2O is provided with one of the downturned portions, but only one is shown for illustration and represented at 22. The member 19 is shown connected tothe vertical member .11 by a diagonal brace 23 while theverticalmember 12 is connected to the side member 20 by a similar diagonal brace represented at 24. By this means the frame member 10-.11''12 ,is rigidly connected to the handle member and sup-ported therefrom and at right angles thereto, as shown. Connected to the side members 19-20 is a brace member 25 which bears at its lower end on the ground, and. supports the handle member normally in a horizontal position, as shown. All. of the parts are formed of metal of suitable strength to withstand the strains to which they will be subjected. The

handle member 19'202lis provided with a plurality ofspaced apertures 26, the object to be hereinafter, explained.

, The improved device is shown arranged for two cans, and the cans are precisely alike and interchangeable, and the description of one will suffice for both. The cans are 7 formed of galvanized iron or like material of suitable strength and comprlse a body portion 27 and a detachable cover 28. Surrounding each can at its lower end is a metal band 28, and likewise surrounding each can intermediate its ends is a similar band 29. The band 29 is preferably located a short distance from the center of the can so that a greater weight will be disposed below the trunnions and will be of sufficient length to receive them both, as shown in Fig. 2. By this means each of the cans is independently supported, and may be detached without disturbing the other. The cans are thus suspended by their trunnions and will retain a vertical position no matter in what position the supporting framemay be disposed, because the greater bulk of the cans is located below the trunnions, as will be obvious. Connected to the lower band 28 of each can is an eye 31 and connectedto each eye H is a holding rod 32, the holding rods having hooks 33 at their lower ends to engage the eyes and with downwardly directed portions 34 at their other ends to engagein the aper- I tures 26.. By this means the cans may be rigidly supported relative to the frame when required, to dentally displaced during the movements of the device over the ground.

When traveling upon level ground the holding rods 33 willbe connected in the apertures 26 which are located in position to maintain the cans in parallel relations to the vertical members 11, but if the device is moving down a grade, the rods 33 will be adjusted to support the can at an angle to the longitudinal plane of the handle 19, or in a vertical position regardless of the position of the frame, and by providing a plurality of the apertures 26 the cans may be. maintained in vertical position regard' less of the grade over which the device is being moved. This is an important advantage, and adds materially to the utility and efiiciency of the device.

Connected to the side members 11-12 rearwardly of the vertical members 11 are stub axle members one of which is shown at 35 in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. Each of these members consists of an L-shaped plate forming a bracket 37, one arm of said plate being channeled longitudinallyto form a seat in which the side member of the frame is secured by bolts or other suitable fastening devices 38 while the other arm of the plate is provided with an integrally formed laterally directed stub axle. The stub axles provide means for supporting ground wheels prevent them from being acci- 3940, as shown. The ground wheels being located rearwardly of the vertical members 1112, and likewise below the line of the,

bearings 13-14L18 provides an eflicient means for not only supporting the cans above the ground, represented at etl, but likewise enables the cans to be deposited upon the ground by tilting thehandle members 1920 upwardly, as indicated in Fig. 4, or lifting'the cans from the ground in the same manner. This is an important advantage in the improved device and materially increases its efiiciency and utility. The cans having independent supporting means may be independently disposed'of and actuated, as will be obvious.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be employed for handling cans end to the central standard 18 and at its other end to the handle member 21, as shown, to form a support for the standard. The rods 32 may be employed as a means for tilting the cans by detaching them at their terminals 34, as will be obvious. 7

What is claimed is The combination with a frame having vertically extending side arms and a cross bar connecting the lower ends of the side arms, the upper ends of said arms each in a bearing, and wheels rotatably mounted at the side arm's below the bearings at the ends thereof, of a standard connected at its lower end to the central portion of terminating the cross bar and having a bearing formed at its upper end, said standard being in alinernent with the sidearms of the frame, a pair of receptacles, a band encircling each receptacle and provided with oppositely disposedtrunnions, the outer trunnion of each band resting in the adjacent bearing of the side arm while the inner trunnions of both bands rest in the bearing of the center arm, a U-shaped handle member having the ends of the side arms thereof connected to the side members of the frame below the bearings thereof, brace rods extending diagonally between the arms of the handle member and the side arms of the frame, a brace member having two arms connected to the side arms of the handle member, said brace being adapted when the vehicle is at rest to bear at its lower end against theground, a holding rod coupled at one end to the upper end of the central standard between the receptacles and having a hook at its opposite end adapted to engage with the handle member, and brace rods loosely con- In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, Q nected at their lower ends to the bottom in presence of two witnesses.

of the receptacle and provided with hooks PETER E. BOYUM. at their upper end portions adapted to en- Witnesses: 5 gage with apertures formed in the U-shaped ORVA S. KNUDSEN,

handle member. '0. M. HABBERSTAD.

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